ancestral Puebloan culture

The ancestral Puebloan culture, also known as the Anasazi, thrived in the American Southwest from around 700 to 1300 AD. They built impressive cliff dwellings and multi-room pueblos using stone, adobe, and timber, showcasing advanced architectural skills. They engaged in farming, growing crops like corn, beans, and squash, and developed sophisticated pottery and trade networks. Their society was organized into villages and clans, with spiritual and communal practices playing central roles. Remarkably adaptable to the arid environment, their innovations and social structure influenced the region’s history and left a lasting archaeological legacy.